Judge Cheryl Elliott Thornton can still remember the words of one of her middle school teachers as she was growing up in Houston in her younger years.
“A teacher came up to me and said, ‘I never want to hear of you being a teacher.’
"I believe in community. I believed in helping," said 164th Civil District Judge Cheryl Elliott Thornton of Houston, who spent years of her legal career in public service as an assistant county attorney, before assuming the bench in January.
June 11, 2021 at 12:22 PM
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Judge Cheryl Elliott Thornton can still remember the words of one of her middle school teachers as she was growing up in Houston in her younger years.
“A teacher came up to me and said, ‘I never want to hear of you being a teacher.’
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